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(Application filed Jan. 18, 1900,)

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LEE R. LINDLEY, `0F ANDERSON, INDIANA.`

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SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent No. 691,950, dated. January 28, 1902.

Application led January 18, 1900. Serial No. 1,947. (No model.)

To all whom t concern:

Beit known that I, LEE R. LINDLEY, a citi-` zen of the United States, and ayresident of Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Cards or Mailers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description -of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a plan view of the preferred form of card opened. Fig. 2 is a plan view of .the blank Figs. 3 and 4t are views illustrating a modified form of the invention.

This invention has relation to money-mailers, and has for its object the provision of a carrier for coins for mailingI purposes which will be simple, safe, and durable, in which the coin or coins may be readily inserted, and which will require no moistening of glue to secure the coin in place. y

With this object in View the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims. Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body of my mailer, which is usuallyof doubled or folded form, one fold or side thereof being preferably of plain rectangular form and the other side or fold having the coin pocket or pockets B therein. These coin-pockets are of tapered 0r V-shaped form, opening toward the crease C between the two folds. `of the carrier, thel open extremities c of said pockets being located adjacent to the said crease in order that when the card is folded any tendency of the coin toescape from its pocket will be checked by said crease, which then lies across the path of the coin. i The V-shaped pockets may be formed and secured ina variety of ways, as shown in the drawings, the essence of the invention lying in their V shape, which checks any tendency y of the coin to rattle and allows the coin tobe between the folds of the card, whereby the coin is confined to its place when the card is folded. l

It is preferredthatwhen in forming the pocket the rear foldl or section thereof is folded in underneath the front of the pocket it be extended beyond said front, as indicated at d, close to the crease of the card, especially when glue is used to fasten the free flap of the pocket to the body of the card, glue being applied in this case to this extension to stiften theback, to render it easier to apply the gum, and to render the coin easier of insertion.

The plain fold of the card unprovided with pocketsmay have directions or advertising matter printed thereon, as may also the other folds.

In Figs. l and 2 is shown the preferred form of mailer, in which a rear triangular nap g' is folded in under the triangular front g thereof and secured, preferably, by gluing the extension d ol' said rear nap, which extendsto the crease in the card and beyond the front of the pocket. t

Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings illustrate a modification of my card,wherein the V-shaped pockets are provided upon two sides thereof.

' In the upper portion of said figures a modied manner of forming said pockets is illustrated, the fold being divided into three triangular portions by the scorin gs h, the outer of which `portions are folded in upon said scorings. The

slits c of saidiigures receive and secure the "apexes or points of said pockets. In the lower portion of said figures the pockets instead of being glued, as in Fig. 1, have their loose ends received and secured in slits e c.

y It'willbe noted that the blank for my card is scored and slit into one large portion of approximately the conformation of an isosceles triangle and two small portions each of approximately the conformation of a right-angle triangle, such small portions being again scored each into two smaller portions or halves each of approximately the conformation of an isosceles triangle. i i

`Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters l. A blank for a coin card or mailer, consisting ofa creased card having one member thereof scored and slit into one large portion of approximately the conformation of an isosloo eeles triangle, and two small portions each of approximately the conformation of a rightangle triangle, such small portions being again scored each into two smaller portions or halves, each of approximately the conformaltion of an isosceles triangle, substantially as specified.

2. A creased coin card or mailer having a corner portion thereof bent to form a V-shaped pocket of double-card thickness throughout upon the inner side thereof, and single-card thickness throughout upon the opposite side thereof, substantially as specified.

3. Acreased coin card or mailer, having 0pposite corner portions thereof bent over toward each other to form adjacent V-shaped pockets, having a double card thickness throughout upon the inner side thereof, and

a single-card thickness throughout upon the opposite side thereof, and having pocket-securing extensions adapted to be glued to the edge of the card near the crease thereof, substantially as specified.

4. Acreased coin-card, having opposite corner portions thereof bent over toward each Witnesses:

J. J. HUBBARTT, E. (A). RUMMYELL."A 

